On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 6:06 AM, shiplu <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 5:07 AM, saeed ahmed<[email protected]> wrote: > > hello friends, > > > > by default login as root is disable on ubuntu. but it can be access by > some > > changes on *gdm.conf file. also using this **** gksudo nautilus and sudo > easily > > can browse the files as root user. so what is the preferable method? > > > sudo nautilus is not like root login. It allows you to work as root. > But the login session remains yours. > to enable root login, change your root password. > In console > $ sudo passwd root > when you have changed the password you can log out and login as root > from welcome screen. > I didnt test it. But I have heard it. So check it in your own risk. I have tested it myself. But I wont recommend using the root user. You almost never need to be the root user. I gave an example to this to some audience this way. Think of the root user as the Administrative head in an office. The super boss. He sometimes have no work to do. When he's idle he thought of utilizing the times by doing whats pending tasks in the office. With a dumb sort he might find that its time to serve tea to all. And he goes to serve. Imagine the scenerio. He made bad tea. He made delay. As he was the Superboss he was not so respectful serving the tea :D ;) Think of this oddity in comparison to using 'root' as all purpose activities. -- Ubuntu Bangladesh | http://ubuntu-bd.org [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd
